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I'm telling you, we hit a home run

Leading off with this issue.

All right. What's next?

Education.

Empowering citizens to pull themselves

Out of their own dire circumstances.

We create new schools, new

after-school programs, new teachers.

We reel in the working class vote

In a city that is very working-class.

All right, well,

With budgets, education

always gets the raw deal.

Right? Everyone knows this.

So you now attempt to change that.

And the voters will believe you

Because they want to believe.

This is all about who you are

Leading up to voting day.

The day after, you can

be whoever you want.

If we're not able to

carry through all promises

We made leading up to the election,

It won't be the first time.

It won't be the last.

All right. What about security?

This city needs to be cleaned up.

I built a whole campaign on this.

I've made a lot of promises.

I'm sure my old friends

won't appreciate hearing that

But I'm with you.

So how do we turn this

whole thing around?

We assign special task forces

to very specific areas of crime.

We create our own DEA, our own ATF.

We'll send the bad guys running.

What kind of numbers

are we talking about?

Ballpark? 1500 new men,

Uh, translates to about

16 mill a year in salaries.

That doesn't include

transportation, weapons.

So realistically, this

isn't very possible, is it?

Realistically? No.

But campaigns aren't

won on realistically.

They're won on hypothetically.

What if we could create the greatest

police force this city has ever seen?

What if we could cut crime in half?

These are the questions we

want our voters to be asking

As they step into the booth.

Not how we'll pay for it.

What if I get elected?

When. When you get elected.

When I get elected.

Put 500 new uniformed cops on the street

We throw some new toys at them,

It's enough to make people think

You weren't just blowing

smoke up their asses.

So you believe that will

be enough to satisfy them?

It'll have to.

Let's get the ball

rolling with this first.

Mm-hm.

First let's get elected.

Did you order that Chinese yet?

What's the number?

I need you to run

with this story tomorrow.

I needed you to run with it yesterday.

Yes! Yes. I'm calling it a favor

And I know it means I'm on the hook

For a bigger favor down the road.

This speech goes on at 10 A.M. sharp

So I need you to run

with the story tonight

So people can see it with their

morning newspaper and coffee.

Okay. Good.

What are they running?

More women have come out about Conway.

Guy's a regular Tiger Woods.

The more I find out about him,

The less I want to know though.

You're doing a hell of a job, James.

You're a good man.

I don't know if I'd go that far.

I'm going to call it a night.

I have a big day tomorrow.

Good night.

A toast to our fallen mayor, Stan Wood.

Salud.

A good man.

Are you ready for this?

Yep.

I know you've never done it before,

But feel free to pull your

gun if the need arises.

Yeah. Very funny.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey.

Take it easy. Have a seat. Please. Now!

Have a seat. Thank you.

Look, I just need to have

a quick word with you.

These guys haven't been nice to me.

Give us a minute.

I appreciate that.

Look, uh...

I hope you understand,

it's just protocol.

I got to... I got to

ask you some questions.

Anyway, because of your indepth

relationship with the mayor,

Unfortunately, that just

makes you a prime suspect.

Do you know what that man meant to me?

He pulled me out of this neighborhood.

Gave me an opportunity to

do something with my life.

He mentored me. That man

was like a father to me.

Right.

Nobody stood to gain more than me

From him being in office.

What you're saying

doesn't make any sense.

That may very well be the case.

You got to understand.

This is due diligence here.

Would you happen, to be able to

Alibi where you were that night?

I was, uh,

I was at Sahara's. I

think you know the place.

I do. Yeah. Yeah, you know.

How's our friend Crystal

doing, by the way?

She's still good.

Last time I spoke to

her. She's all good.

See, Mr. Archer, I know more

about you than you know about me.

Which worries me. I tell you it does.

It tells me you've been

doing your homework.

I just don't know why

an innocent man would.

Anyway, look.

If you think of anything,

That can help us out, if

you want to tell me anything,

I'd appreciate it if

you could give me a call.

All right? Good talking to you.

Please sit down. We'll find our way out.

For someone who just

lost a father figure,

He didn't seem very distraught.

Yeah, same thought crossed my mind.

We got to keep our eye on this clown.

Yeah.

Come on, Mila. Pick up.

Come on.

Hey, it's me.

Call me back as soon as you get this.

And watch yourself.

Come on, Mila. Answer the phone.

Answer the phone. Answer the phone.

Hello?

Hey, it's Archer. Are you all right?

Yeah. Yeah, I'm okay.

A couple of guys attacked

me when I got back.

I'll be right there.

Stay put. I'll be right there.

Ah.

I guess this was a warning.

Yeah. They paid me a visit as well.

This is part of the job

if you're not aware of it.

Thanks for coming.

Of course.

We'll talk tomorrow, all right?

Keep the ice on it.

Make sure the swelling goes down.

Can you stay?

I'm... I'd just rather

not be alone tonight.

Yeah. Yeah.

Sleep well.

Thanks.

Hey. How's it looking?

Just about done.

Okay. Let's take it for a test drive.

Yes, sweet.

Thank you so much, Jessie.

It looks like I'm going

to make my deadline.

It's pretty cool, right?

Wait.

Go back a few seconds.

Stop.

Scroll back just a little.

Is that what I think it is?

You are about to be famous.

No.

I'm about to be dead.

Yeah. We're on our way.

We got another body.

Beautiful. Let's go.

Another corpse.

Courtesy of our marksman.

Guess we could scratch

Rudman off the suspect list.

Neighbors found him.

I can't say for sure

without a ballistics report

But I'd lay odds that it's the

same weapon that killed our mayor.

Right. Well, we'll get the. 30-06

Over to ballistics and

see if we get a match.

Yeah. Hm.

What are the slugs from the

mayor's chest? You pull them?

Twenty-two. All right.

I'll stick it in the

computer. See if we get a hit.

Thank you.

No. I don't want to get

killed by some sniper. Okay?

Did you see the news?

Someone took out Lee Rudman.

Dude wasn't even elected yet.

He was just running.

So you're withholding evidence.

Oh, come on.

Even if you weren't,

You have something that

they might be able to use

To ID the killer.

Yeah. Yeah. Maybe you're right.

I just don't want to end up dead.

You're such a wimp. Come on.

We'll go together.

My cousin's boyfriend

is some kind of agent.

It's all very hush-hush

But everybody in the

family knows about it.

Hey, I got something for you.

An Andy Holzman

purchased a Remington 700.

That rifle is fully

capable of firing that slug.

And, as luck would have it, he's

also ex Marine military sniper.

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